I checked out the sky and I think the M81/M82 combo would be a very nice target. It's also a favorite of almost everyone. Now, with some of the instruments, this wide field of view might not be possible without a mosaic, and in that case I'd say just M81.....I'll leave this decision to the moderators.....of course, we could give extra credit to those that do a mosaic for the widefield..

well triples are too hard for me until i get my refractor up and running. i've wanted to do NGC 2903 since reading last year's small wonders: leo articlehttp://www.cloudynig...php?item_id=497
but overall i think pale in comparison to M 81 which we're doing now.

Registar:- LsLRGB combine (yes...Registar did a better job at this step!)

PSCS2:- gradient control- noise control (NeatImage)- slightly increased hue and saturation (Interestingly enough, I did NO increased saturation on the bright orange star in the upper left!)- curves to bring up the mid-tones

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M63 shot over two nights March 11th and March 12th, 2007. Skies were below average transparency and straight at Atlanta, GA light dome so LP was high. The noise per sub-frame exposure was 45-50 ADU RMS so I figured I needed between 50 and 60 frames to drive the noise down to the correct level. I was able to simply let the AP1200 image unattended all night long so I got 68 frames.